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NGO "Report Card" Evaluates Tech Companies on Human Rights
July 18, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations forming the Global Network Initiative has released a report reviewing the practices of technology companies that have adopted GNI standards for respecting the human rights of users and lamenting the lack of public information on corporate protection of privacy in this industry.
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NGOs Hold Seminar on Enforcing BHR Treaty
July 18, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations recently held a "legal seminar" in Brussels to discuss potential enforcement mechanisms for "access to justice" under a binding, global business and human rights treaty that is currently under negotiation at the UN.
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UN Body Calls on UK to Tighten BHR Liability
July 18, 2016
Dr. Nadia Bernaz of Middlesex University School of Law describes an unprecedented report from the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights calling on the UK to establish, as part of its national action plan to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, legal liability for corporations violating the BHR agenda in foreign countries.
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GRI Outlines Work on Corporate Tax Disclosure
July 18, 2016
At the recent OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct, Teresa Fogelberg of the Global Reporting Initiative discussed her organization's work toward corporate disclosure of tax payments, a key portion of the agenda of international organizations and activists to help "shame" companies into paying for their economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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Microsoft Seeks Advice on Rights Promotion
July 15, 2016
Microsoft recently held a European Roundtable on Human Rights at which the technology company invited the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and other participants to provide advice on how it can best promote human rights.
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